The United States flag is returning to the old Lenawee County Courthouse dome.

The Adrian Kiwanis Club is arranging the replacement of broken rigging that brought down the flag in late October. North winds from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy snapped the steel cable rigging and damaged hardware connecting it to the flag pole, reported county building and grounds superintendent Tim Mehan last fall.

A repair project was delayed after contractors advised against attempting crane work to repair the rigging during the fall season’s windy weather.

Adrian Kiwanis Club members decided to step up and arrange the repair project, said club officer David Siler. Members felt an obligation because the club had arranged replacement of the courthouse dome’s flag pole in 1991, he said.

A wooden flag pole on the dome was destroyed by lightning in the 1950s and not replaced.

A fiberglass pole was installed by the club, along with lighting on the courthouse roof to illuminate the flag.

Rigging problems brought the flag down several times. Cranes were set up at the courthouse in 1998 and again in 2002 to rescue disabled flags and repair rigging.

Siler said the project being arranged will include replacing all the pulleys and brackets that are part of the rigging.

Mehan reported on the Kiwanis Club project to the county commission’s physical resources committee on Feb. 4. The contractor, Rocket Enterprise of Warren, is to visit the courthouse and get a view of the challenges involved before sending a crane to work on the 167-foot-tall flag pole, he said.

Siler said Friday the club’s board is waiting for the contractor to make a site visit and submit a final proposal for it to act on.